Iowa Business Report

Iowa Business Report Wednesday Edition
Jan. 25, 2023   

Dustin Miller of the Iowa Chamber Alliance with results from their annual Iowa Talent Poll, which was released last week. 

Iowa Business Report Tuesday Edition
Jan. 24, 2023  

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds discusses Iowa energy policy and financial support given by governments to fledgling energy forms. 

Iowa Business Report Monday Edition
Jan. 23, 2023  

Financial journalist Jordan Goodman discusses reasons why the U.S. housing market has cooled so quickly. 

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.
  
In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Aryn Henning Nichols and Benji Nichols of Inspire(d), an independent media company based in Decorah, creating hyper-local positive news in print and online, including Insprire(d) magazine.

They spoke with Jeff Stein for Iowa Business Report program number 23-04 on January 17, 2023; this podcast contains the full conversation.    

Presented by Advance Iowa, on line at advanceiowa.com; search for "Advance Iowa" on LinkedIn and Facebook, as well. Additional support comes from the Iowa Business Council, online at iowabusinesscouncil.org. 

Each week, the Iowa Business Report radio program features a Business Profile segment, introducing listeners to an Iowa-based company or business.
  
In this extended IBR Business Profile, we meet Ryan Avila-Burillo, co-owner with Joe Avila-Burillo, of Chophouse Downtown, a Cedar Rapids restaurant.

He spoke with Jeff Stein for Iowa Business Report program number 23-03 in Cedar Rapids January 12, 2023; this podcast contains the full conversation.    

Presented by Advance Iowa, on line at advanceiowa.com; search for "Advance Iowa" on LinkedIn and Facebook, as well. Additional support comes from the Iowa Business Council, online at iowabusinesscouncil.org. 

It’s called Foundry 4.0—a partnership between the Defense Logistics Agency and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, and the University of Northern Iowa and Youngstown State University. The idea is to provide American-based foundries with a competitive edge in technology while optimizing productivity, output, and product quality. In December 2022, two members of the NCDMM team spent a week in Cedar Falls to view the University of Northern Iowa components, including on-site visits with many Iowa industries. Two entities under the UNI Business and Community Services operation play a significant role in the Industry 4.0 Foundry partnership…the Center for Business Growth and Innovation, and the Metal Casting and Foundry 4.0 Centers.

Program manager Brian Schmidt and senior program engineer Ken Carson of NCDMM discussed the project with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report in Waterloo on December 15, 2022.   

Presented by Advance Iowa, on line at advanceiowa.com; search for "Advance Iowa" on LinkedIn and Facebook, as well. Additional support comes from the Iowa Business Council, online at iowabusinesscouncil.org. 

Data from the second annual Iowa Talent Poll was released on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. The poll is conducted for the Iowa Chamber Alliance, which seeks to find out what working age Iowans find attractive about living here, in an effort to attract new people to add to our labor pool. Dustin Miller is executive director of the Iowa Chamber Alliance, and spoke with Jeff Stein of the Iowa Business Report about the survey results via ZOOM on January 18, 2023.   

Presented by Advance Iowa, on line at advanceiowa.com; search for "Advance Iowa" on LinkedIn and Facebook, as well. Additional support comes from the Iowa Business Council, online at iowabusinesscouncil.org. 

On this edition of the Iowa Business Report: 

Results of the second annual Iowa Talent Poll were released this past Wednesday, to help show what working age Iowans find attractive about living here, in an effort to attract new people to add to our labor pool. Dustin Miller, executive director of the Iowa Chamber Alliance, shares information from this year's survey.

Supply chain issues have affected every industry, including Iowa agriculture. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig discusses some of the current challenges.
 
And in this week's "Business Profile", we'll introduce you to Aryn Henning Nichols and Benji Nichols, owners of the Decorah-based media company Inspire(d), which produces hyper-local positive news in print and online.

For more, go to totallyiowa.com and click on the "radio programs" link.   
 
Presented by Advance Iowa, on line at advanceiowa.com; search for "Advance Iowa" on LinkedIn and Facebook, as well.

Additional support comes from the Iowa Business Council, online at iowabusinesscouncil.org.     

Iowa Business Report Friday Edition
Jan. 20, 2023 

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA02) discusses the prospects of Congress raising the debt ceiling in the near future. 

Iowa Business Report Thursday Edition
Jan. 19, 2023
      
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture & Land Stewardship Mike Naig on challenges producers are facing that have a direct impact on Iowa's economy.